Improvement in gate-hinges



G. E. GOODWIN. Gate-Hinge.

No. 203,13 Patented April 30,1878.

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ATTORN EYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GEORGE E. GOODWIN, OF PORTLAND,ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO JAMES PIERCE, OF ORANGE TOWNSHIP,IONIA COUNTY, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN GATE-HINGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 203,136, dated April30, 1878; application filed August 1, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. GOODW'IN,

of Portland, in the county of Ionia and State of Michigan, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Gate-Hinges; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full,

, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying draw- 3 is a detached side view of one ofthe pintles.

Oorrespondin g parts in the are denoted by like letters.

This invention relates to certain improvements in gate-hinges; and itconsists of pinseveral figures tles and socketed plates having T-shapedbars; and, secondly, of pintles and socketed plates 'having T-shapedbars, and beveled shoulders upon either side of said bars, substantiallyas hereinafter more fully described and claimed. y

In the annexed drawing, A refers to the hinge-post, to which are securedthe pintles B B in the usual way, upon which are inserted the sooketedplates or leaves 0 O, the otherparts of the hinges. The free or upperends of the pintles B B are provided with lateral projections b, toretain the plates or leaves 0 O in position thereon. To permit of theplates or leaves being adjusted over the projections 12 upon the pintlesB B, the sockets of the said plates or leaves are elongated, as seen inFig. 2, and in the direction of the lengths of the said plates orleaves, to prevent their accidental detachment from the pintles. Theseplates are provided with T-shaped bars 0 c reaching through and betweenparallel bars of the gate,-and the lower one, 0, is inclined or beveledupon either side of its bar 0, so as to cause its upper edge to readilyimpinge or bind against the gate through the weight of the latter. Thecross-piece c of the T-shaped bar of the upper plate 0 serves at c invertically ad usting the gate, to clear temporary obstructions andpermit the pas: sage thereunder of small animals.

D is the gate-fastening, which also serves to retain the gate open atany desired point or angle. It consists, principally, of arodor bar, 61,preferably sharpened or tapering, and inclosed in eyes or guides securedto the gate. This rod is provided with a handle, al having a slotted oropen projection or tooth, (1 which enters any one of anumber ofapertures in the gate-post E, to fasten the gate when closed.

- This slotted or open tooth or projection receives a headed pin orprojection, 01 from the gate-post E,,upon which slides the said tooth asit is projected into and retracted from the gate-post in fastening andunfastening the ate. g When the gate is open it may be thus held, and atany desired point or angle, by detaching the fastening from the headedpin 61 and allowing it to drop, and putting sufficient pressure thereonto cause it to penetrate the ground.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patout is- 1 A gate orother hinge consisting of the pintles BB and sooketed plates O O, having the T-shaped bars 0 c 0 substantiallyas and for the purpose'set forth.

. 2. The pintles B B, in combination with the plates 0 0, having theT-shaped bars 0 c 0 and beveled shoulders upon either side of the saidbars, substantially as and for the purpose set, forth. 7

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereunto affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE E. GOODWIN. Witnesses:

W. D. CRANE, JOHN HIXsoN.

